Powering up communities: New grant to accelerate electrification & smart growth
Across the country, municipalities and transit agencies are beginning to embrace electrification in local transportation. They’re showing that the future of transportation does not...
Why We Need E-Bikes As A Climate and Mobility Solution
People in cities all around the world have been seeing a new phenomenon on their streets: electric bicycles, or e-bikes. Whether branded as part...
Why We Need E-Bikes As A Climate and Mobility Solution
People in cities all around the world have been seeing a new phenomenon on their streets: electric bicycles, or e-bikes. Whether branded as part...
Fostering Sustainable, Accessible African Cities Through TOD
Rapid urbanization is creating complex, multifaceted challenges and opportunities around the world. African cities are undeniably at the forefront of this phenomenon. As Africa’s...
The Path Ahead for Bikesharing
Bikeshare started appearing around 2005, as city governments contracted bikeshare equipment and operations with public funds (or advertising assets), making docked bikeshare a visible...
Catching the e-bike wave
Electric bikes have enormous potential to deliver affordable, clean, healthy and space-efficient transportation to the masses, but the feds and too many other leaders...
A New Approach to Modeling Commutes and Access in Our Cities
In All Possible Commutes: How Micromobility and Realistic Car Travel Times Impact Accessibility Analysis, a new paper from the New Urban Mobility Alliance (NUMO)...
How the Historic City of Cuenca, Ecuador is Modernizing Its Transport Systems
Situated at the intersection of four rivers, the city of Cuenca — the third largest in Ecuador — is an internationally recognized UNESCO World...
The Current Fuel Crisis Is An Opportunity to Reshape US Cities
The post The Current Fuel Crisis Is An Opportunity to Reshape US Cities appeared first on Institute for Transportation and Development Policy.
What does the new infrastructure law mean for micromobility?
The expansion of grant and formula eligibility in the infrastructure law to include micromobility will give communities and states additional options for providing more...
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A need to rethink how we assess the health of our nation’s bridges
A year after the Key Bridge collapse, the National Transportation Safety Board is urging the owners of 68 bridges across the U.S. to assess...
Revitalizing Mexico City’s Historic Buenavista Central Station
The current iteration of Buenavista Station debuted in the 1960s and continues to serve as a vital lifeline for thousands of commuters every day....
Shifting gears: Gender equity in transit
Gender inequities in transportation systems have often overlooked women’s travel and safety needs. From biased crash testing to undervalued non-work trips, this Women’s History...
The country’s civil engineers agree: $1.5 trillion didn’t produce good infrastructure
Despite historic levels of investment in infrastructure over the last twenty years, America’s 2025 infrastructure grades for roads, bridges, safety, and transit look mostly...
